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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kongad<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| constituency_no = 53<br />
| map_image = Kongad Government UP School.jpg<br />
| map_caption = A school in Kongad Assembly constituency<br />
| established = 2008<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
| district = [[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = Palakkad<br />
| mla = K. A Thulasi<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress |INC]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Kongad''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala.<br />
|access-date = 9 September 2019<br />
|archive-date = 3 September 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190903213246/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref>K.A Thulasi of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] has been the current MLA since the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]].<br />
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==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Kongad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District<br />
|access-date = 9 September 2019<br />
|archive-date = 3 September 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190903213246/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background-color: #f9f9f9; font-size: 95%;" <br />
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC" align="center"<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Keralasseri|Keralassery]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Palakkad]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Kongad (gram panchayat)|Kongad]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Palakkad]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Mankara]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Palakkad]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|Mannur<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Palakkad]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Parali grama panchayat|Parali]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Palakkad]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Kanjirampuzha (gram panchayat)|Kanjirappuzha]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Mannarkkad]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Karimba, Palakkad|Karimba]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Mannarkkad]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Karakurissi]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Mannarkkad]]<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|[[Tachampara]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Mannarkkad]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Kongad Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/kongad-sc-assembly-constituency-map.html<br />
|website = www.mapsofindia.com<br />
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Kongad<br />
}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Niyama<br>Sabha<br />
!Member<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
!Tenure<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| 13th<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[K. V. Vijayadas]]<br />
| {{Party name with color|rowspan=3|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
| 2011 – 2016<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| 14th<br />
| 2016 – 2021<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|15th<br />
|[[K. Shanthakumari]]<br />
|2021 - 2026<br />
|-<br />
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
|16th<br />
|[[Thulasi Teacher|K.A Thulasi]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|[[Incumbent]]<br />
|}<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
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===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kongad}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=CPI(M)|candidate=K. Santhakumari|votes=59028|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Thulasi Teacher]]|votes=62734|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=Renu Suresh|votes=24925|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2021 ===<br />
There were 1,81,172 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kongad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. Santhakumari|votes=67,881|percentage=49.01|change={{increase}}3.66}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=U. C. Raman|votes=40,662|percentage=29.36|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. Suresh Babu|votes=27,661|percentage=19.97|change={{increase}}2.22|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. E. Guruvayoorappan|votes=1,351|percentage=0.59|change={{increase}}0.39|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=953|percentage=0.69|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=27,219|percentage=19.65|change={{increase}}9.75}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,38,508|percentage=76.45|change={{decrease}}0.69}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}3.66}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,73,779 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kongad}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. V. Vijayadas|votes=60,790|percentage=45.35|change={{increase}}1.28}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Pandalam Sudhakaran|votes=47,519|percentage=35.45|change={{decrease}}8.04|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Renu Suresh|votes=23,800|percentage=17.75|change={{increase}}10.29|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,163|percentage=0.87|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ramesh P. V. Kannampariyam|votes=789|percentage=0.59|change={{decrease}}0.47|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=13,271|percentage=9.90|change={{increase}}6.76}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,34,061|percentage=77.14|change={{increase}}4.30}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}1.28}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,55,799 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kongad}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. V. Vijayadas|votes=52,920|percentage=46.49|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. Swaminathan|votes=49,355|percentage=43.49|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=V. Devayani|votes=8,467|percentage=7.46|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Vijayadasan|votes=1,543|percentage=1.36|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. Velayudhan|votes=1,198|percentage=1.06|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=3,565|percentage=3.14|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,13,483|percentage=72.84|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box new seat win|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Kongad (gram panchayat)|Kongad]]<br />
* [[Palakkad district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Palakkad district]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
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